The organic fruit and vegetable company Abel & Cole has withdrawn all its
ready meals containing mince after lamb, pork and turkey were found in some
of its beef products.

Around 3,000 customers of the up-market home delivery food business have been contacted this week and warned they may have bought the affected items.

Meats other than beef were found in some of the company’s beef lasagnes and cottage pies with celeriac mash after “precautionary” testing following the recent horsemeat scandal. Both meals are priced at £6.99 for a 700g (1.54lb) serving.

The two products are among 11 handmade frozen ready meals sold by Abel & Cole, whose main business is delivering boxes of organic fruit and vegetables.

The company declined to specify how much of the other meats had been detected as it was re-testing the products.

It also declined to name the supplier of the meals but said it was a local, family-owned business in the south of England.